Base for an upright for forming a stand or the like

Abstract

A base for an upright for forming a display stand or the like, which base is formed of a plurality of legs, said upright having a connector member insertable in the bottom of the upright and with said connector member having recesses adapted to receive the vertical bottom inner end of the legs and with the upper portion of the legs having an upper hooking end to engage openings in the upright above the bottom of the upright. The legs are capable of being readily attached to the upright without the use of extraneous fastening elements and/or tools and readily detachable for the purpose of collapsing the stand so that it occupies a minimum of space in the carton.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A base for a tubular upright which has an opening at the bottom thereof, a plurality of spaced openings in said upright positioned above the bottom of said upright, a plurality of leg members detachably secured to said tubular upright to support the upright in a vertical position, each of the leg members formed of wire having a substantially small diameter in cross section and having a base portion and an inclined portion extending upwardly of the base with the upper end of the inclined portion having a hooking end which engages the spaced openings in said tubular upright with said hooking end positioned inside said tubular upright to secure the upper end of said leg member to said upright, said base portion having an upwardly extending inner end substantially at right angles to said base portion, said bottom of said tubular upright having spaced slots, a connector insertable inside said tubular member from the bottom of the tubular upright and positioned above the bottom of the tubular upright, said connector having spaced lugs engaging said spaced slots to retain said connector in said tubular upright, said connector further having central openings to receive the upwardly extending inner ends of said legs, said base portions of said legs entering the spaced slots of said tubular upright below said connecting with the upwardly extending inner ends thereof extending through the central openings of said connector to secure the bottom of said legs to said connector and to said tubular member. 
     
     
       2. A structure as set forth in claim 1 in which the upwardly inclined portion of the leg merges into a vertical portion which merges into the hooking end, with said vertical portion positioned exteriorly of but adjacent the wall of the upright.